A New Zealand journalist who says he's the country's biggest Sam Fender fan has written a book inspired by the Geordie's emotive songs.
It was while watching the Graham Norton show in April 2019 that Peter White first heard of Sam Fender and the town of North Shields he calls home. Impressed by the band's performance of 'Hypersonic Missiles' on the show and intrigued by the song title, Peter started researching Fender and fell in love with the Bruce Springsteen and North East references in his music.
But it was only after coming across a book of short stories that were inspired by Springsteen's most famous tracks, that Peter decided he wanted to create his own short stories around Fender's lyrics.
